NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X700
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 and ATI Mobility Radeon X700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- 4.3x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 350 MHz
- 27.4x more texture fill rate: 76.8 billion / sec vs 2.8 GTexel / s
- 32x more pipelines: 2x 128 vs 8
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
- Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
- 9.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 613 vs 67
- Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 262 vs 200
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 18 March 2008 vs 1 March 2005 |
| Core clock speed | 1500 MHz vs 350 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 76.8 billion / sec vs 2.8 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2x 128 vs 8 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm vs 110 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 2x 512 MB vs 128 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 613 vs 67 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 262 vs 200 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X700
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 | ATI Mobility Radeon X700 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 613 | 67 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 262 | 200 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3238 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3238 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 | ATI Mobility Radeon X700 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Tesla | R400 |
| Code name | G92 | M26 |
| Launch date | 18 March 2008 | 1 March 2005 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | |
| Place in performance rating | 881 | 882 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1500 MHz | 350 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 256 (128 per GPU) | |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 384.0 gflops | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 110 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
| Pipelines | 2x 128 | 8 |
| Texture fill rate | 76.8 billion / sec | 2.8 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 197 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 754 million | 120 million |
| Boost clock speed | 350 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI | No outputs |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 10.5" (26.7 cm) | |
| SLI options | Quad | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 6-pin & 8-pin | |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0b |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2x 512 MB | 128 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 128 (64 per GPU) | 11.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit | 350 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | 128 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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